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Monk Montgomery ( probably the first person on record using a Fender bass) would not only have had flats but played with his thumb near the neck.
Ampeg had an electric upright bass.
Danelectro produced some primitive short scale electric basses. These did not sound particularly deep. This led to their use on session recordings. The plectrum style Dano provided the ("tic-tac") transient peak whilst the upright bass provided the low end. Two well-known exponents of this were Glen Campbell and Carol Kaye.
also try addding a gate or compressor to kill off the attack on your guitar pickup (or steeply eq it so there are no clicky tappy frequencies), so all that remains is middy thump and low end flump, and mix the toppy part in from the contact piezo.
if you haven't got a piezo just tape a little mic to it. may have to gate it for hiss and ambient noise.
think joe meek. record on the stairs. in your bathroom. on the toilet. any means to the end.
Can you give us some examples of records?
There would be little deep in the 50's.
A lot of music doubled the bass line on guitar or baritone.
Flats would be a step in the right direction.
Flats would be better but its not always possible to do a quick string swap.